Health Privacy

• Ontario student handed $25K fine for snooping 139 people’s health info

  Officials say it's the biggest fine of its kind ever handed out in Canada.

  Canada

  Mar 17, 2017
  
• Man charged with arson after police read his pacemaker data

  A man charged with arson based partly on data collected from his pacemaker pleaded not guilty last week to setting his Ohio home on fire.

  Tech

  Feb 13, 2017
  
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• B.C. lacks reporting laws for health-data breaches

  British Columbia's privacy commissioner is calling for immediate action by provincial health authorities to boost protection of citizen's health information in the absence of disclosure laws.

  Sep 30, 2015
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• UPDATED: Tougher legislation for snooping, poor disposal of health records

  Changes to health privacy laws could make it easier to prosecute someone who carelessly disposes of your medical records.

  Health

  Nov 26, 2014